Street dwellers urged to go home to provinces; drug paraphernalia found in Colon clearing ops

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 08/10/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Street dwellers, who came from other provinces, are encouraged to go home because the Cebu City government cannot provide shelter for them. Raquel Arce, Cebu City Public Restoration, Order, Beautification and Enhancement (PROBE)…

Bloody week: Shooting attacks leave 5 dead, 2 wounded in Metro Cebu, 2 towns

Alven Marie Timtim and Benjie B. Talisic 07/13/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — It was a bloody week for Metro Cebu and its neighboring towns as five people were killed and two were wounded in six separate shooting incidents in three days. The series of shootings…

Thief shoots, wounds PUJ dispatcher in Colon; stray bullet hits call center agent

Benjie Talisic and Alven Marie Timtim 07/13/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — An unidentified gunman believed to be a thief shot and wounded a jeepney dispatcher, who earlier stopped the thief from picking the pocket of a passerby, in Colon Street in Barangay Kalubihan, Cebu…

Shots of Colon after the heavy rain goes viral

Immae Lachica 06/15/2019

Cebu City, Philippines — Last night’s downpour paved the way for a student to take shots of the busy streets of Colon. Dalmacio Polo III, an 18-year-old senior high student from the Southwestern University Phinma, made the…

Couple’s pre-nuptial photoshoot in Colon, Carbon gets netizens attention

Immae Lachica 05/09/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines— A pre-nuptial photoshoot is getting the attention of netizens as it highlights the oldest street in the Philippines — Colon Street.  James Un and Aida Verga Villanueva, who are both educators, wanted to highlight…

Sex in exchange for high grades deal lands teacher in jail

Benjie B. Talisic 04/23/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines– A deal allegedly of sex in exchange for high grades between a male teacher and a 17-year-old male student landed the teacher in jail after he was caught inside the lodging house in Cebu…

Man with fake P200 bills nabbed in Colon Street

Benjie B. Talisic 04/07/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — An 18-year-old man from Barangay Labangon was arrested in Colon Street after he used a fake P200 bill to pay a habal-habal (motorcycle-for-hire) driver for his fare on Sunday, April 7. Christian Misa of…

Greenwich targets millennial market as it opens its Colon branch

Marc Cosep 03/03/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — There’s no place like home. And for Greenwich VisMin head Alexander Lim, opening a store in Colon St., in Cebu City means coming back home with a fresher take on their homegrown pizza.…

Drug seller arrested inside a pension house in Colon

Benjie B. Talisic 10/22/2018

A 40-year-old resident of Barangay Carreta, Cebu City was arrested in a buy-bust operation inside a pension house along Colon Street on Sunday evening (October 22). The arrested person was identified as Joseph Yap, who was caught…

Taiwanese firm eyes Colon Street as pilot area for improved traffic system

Morexette Marie B. Erram 10/01/2018

A Taiwanese firm will conduct a pilot test on their intelligent traffic management system to see if such is suitable for Cebu City. Cebu City Councilor Jerry Guardo, the chairperson of the council’s committee on transportation, said…

MAO BA?

MAO BA? 11/27/2017

‘CLEARING COLON’ Netizens lauded Cebu City Hall’s Probe (Prevention Restoration Order Beautification Enhancement) team for clearing vendors out of the sidewalks of Colon Street on Monday. Reggie Romero Medida commented, “Mao na clay gadalag hugaw sa mga…

Small traders worried

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 07/23/2017

For as long as she knows, 34-year old Rosita Perin and her family have lived along Colon St. in Cebu City. It was where she grew up, got married and started her small business of selling “ukay-ukay”…

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